Comparing
Comparing Copilot training without ending up in a demo.
Four formats the market offers, what they cost, when they're the best choice and where they fall down. Including the cases where you're better off not choosing us.
Why comparing is so hard
01 · The problem
You request four quotes and get four documents that share no common axis. That isn't your fault.
To begin with, everyone calls it something different. One says course, another workshop, a third adoption programme and a fourth training. There's no convention behind those words: a 'course' can be an afternoon or six months, and an 'adoption programme' can mean anything from three webinars to a programme manager on site.
Second, almost nobody publishes prices. That's understandable, in-company work is quoted per situation, but it means you can only compare after four sales conversations. And by then you're no longer comparing the offering but the conversations.
Third, you compare on the wrong things, because they're the only things stated everywhere: duration and group size. But a full day for a group spread across five levels delivers less than two hours for the right six people. Duration measures effort, not result.
The four questions
Do you measure where people stand beforehand? Does the programme differ by role? Does anything happen afterwards? And can you show in 60 days what changed? Ask those four and one phone call per provider is enough.
What the market offers
02 · Four formats
Format 1
Open enrolment, one day
A classroom day at the provider, typically €500 to €1,300 per person. Best when you want one or two people to catch up and don't have a group. Where it falls down: the group consists of strangers from different organisations, so the examples are generic by definition.
Format 2
In-company day on site
A trainer comes to you, usually €2,000 to €3,500 per day for the group. Best when a whole team has to start at once and something has to be decided together. Where it falls down: one day for a mixed group aims at the middle, so the frontrunners get bored and the laggards drop out.
Format 3
Self-study and video libraries
A licence to a library, often a few tens of euros per person per year or already included in what you have. Best for people who go looking of their own accord. Where it falls down: without a prompt almost nobody watches, and completion rates tell you nothing about behaviour.
Format 4
Adoption programme via a partner
An implementation partner guiding the rollout, at a price that moves towards project territory. Best when the technology itself still has to be set up. Where it falls down: the emphasis sits on the rollout and the licences, and employee skill is assumed rather than measured.
The four formats side by side
03 · On what matters
Not on duration and group size, but on the points that decide whether anything is left after 60 days. 'Sometimes' means: it depends on the provider, so ask.
| On what | Open day | In-company day | Self-study | Measure and embed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measures where people stand first | No | Sometimes | No | Yes |
| Differs by role | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Something after the session | No | Sometimes | No | Yes |
| Measures again 60 days later | No | No | No | Yes |
| A figure for the board | Feedback form | Feedback form | Completion | Difference |
| Works with five levels at once | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Room for resistance | Yes | Yes | No | Partly |
Our own format is the last column. This isn't a neutral table and we're not pretending it is.
Why this concept works
04 · Our format
Measure, train where it's needed, embed. It isn't smarter teaching but a different order: first know where people stand, then decide what to buy.
It starts with five minutes of measurement per employee: role, work context, knowledge level and self-assessment. That produces a matrix of five competencies against the teams, and the matrix shows which area stays pale. That's immediately the answer to which session to schedule, and, just as usefully, which one you don't need to buy.
People then do the eight modules at their own pace, which resolves the level gap a classroom day tends to expose. Those who already know it move through fast; those who don't hold nobody up. And the classroom sessions that follow are short, targeted and for a small group, because by then you know exactly who needs to be there.
60 days afterwards we measure again, on the same questions. That's the only figure worth anything in a board conversation: not how many people were satisfied or finished a module, but the difference between then and now. Including when that difference disappoints. It happens, and then at least you know where.
Honest advice
Is your group small and already advanced? Then you buy one advanced training rather than a programme, and you're done. You can get that from us on its own.
When classroom is better
05 · Honest advice
01
When there's resistance
A team that fears for its jobs or feels this is being pushed through won't open a module. That conversation belongs in a room, with someone who takes the objections seriously. Start there, and only then move to content.
02
When something must be decided together
Agreements about what may leave unchecked, or about which processes you hand over, don't get made alone behind a screen. That's what the session for managers is for, and the decision session in the Cowork track.
03
When the tooling is specialist
With Copilot Studio a video gets you nowhere. You have to stand at one wall together, sort processes on sticky notes and argue about which step can go. Which is why that training deliberately isn't in the platform.
Questions when choosing
06 · Short answer
What's the difference between a course, a workshop and a training?
In the market, nothing fixed, which is exactly the problem when comparing. With us: a course is self-paced, a workshop is a half-day session on one topic, and training is the whole thing, measurement, modules, sessions and reinforcement together. Ask every provider what they mean by the word, because the same term covers very different things.
What should I actually compare Copilot trainings on?
On four things: is there a measurement beforehand, does the programme differ by role, what's left after 60 days, and can you show it to your board. Duration and group size say almost nothing, because a long day for a mixed group delivers less than a short session for the right people.
Why don't most providers publish prices?
Because in-company work is quoted per situation, and because a published figure invites comparison. It isn't necessarily obstruction, but it does make comparing hard. Our figures are on the pricing page; they're an indication rather than a quote, but at least you know the order of magnitude.
Isn't e-learning just the cheap option?
Cheaper per participant, yes, but that isn't why you'd choose it. You choose it because people sit at five different levels and a classroom session aims at the middle. Standalone e-learning without measurement or follow-up is, incidentally, the worst option of all: then you're buying completion rates.
When is a classroom session the better choice?
When there's resistance that needs to be voiced, when a group has to reach an agreement together, or when the subject is specialist and you need to stand at one wall. In those three cases online isn't cheaper but simply less effective, and then you shouldn't do it.
How do I know a training actually delivered something?
Only by measuring the same thing twice: before the start and 60 days after. Without a baseline you end up with satisfaction scores and usage figures, and neither measures whether anyone works differently. Ask every provider what they measure and when; the answer is surprisingly often 'feedback form'.
Read on
- What it costs with us
Three packages per participant, set against the classroom market rate.
- The six trainings
From the matrix to a single session, with a page for each training.
- Copilot Studio training
The example of something that does belong in a room: two sessions with sticky notes.
Comparing with real figures
Request a demo including the baseline measurement. Then you see what comes out for your own group, and you can set that against any other quote without relying on promises.